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Author Godineau, Dominique.

Title The women of Paris and their French Revolution / Dominique Godineau ; translated by Katherine Streip
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description xxii, 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Studies on the history of society and culture ; 26
Studies on the history of society and culture ; 26
Contents Preface: Marianne's Hands -- I. Parisian Life in the French Revolution. 1. Passersby. 2. Family Relations of Women of the People. 3. Women at Work -- II. Aspiring Citizens. 4. Birth of the Female Sansculottes Movement, 1789-1793. 5. Women as Guardians of the Nation. 6. Light and Shadows, Summer 1793. 7. Citizenship Denied, Autumn 1793. 8. The Search for Basic Necessities, January-July 1794 -- III. Revolutionary Daily Life of Women of the People. 9. Political Culture and Female Sociability. 10. Political Mentalite and Behavior of Women of the People. 11. At the Margins of the Revolution. 12. Sexual Difference and Equal Rights -- IV. A Mass Women's Movement. 13. From the Militant Woman to Crowds of Women, November 1794-March 1795. 14. Firebrands, April-May 1795. 15. "Bread and the Constitution" 16. Women's Silence -- App. 1. Chronology of the Revolution -- App. 2. Sections of Paris -- App. 3. Portraits of Militant Women
Notes Translation of: Citoyennes tricoteuses : les femmes du peuple a Paris pendant la Revolution francaise
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translation of: Citoyennes tricoteuses: les femmes du peuple à Paris pendant la Révolution française
Subject Women in public life -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- France -- Paris -- Social conditions.
Working class women -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319 -- Women. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006249
Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098051 -- Women. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006249
Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098051
LC no. 96031744
ISBN 0520067185 (alk. paper)
0520067193 (paperback: alk. paper)
Other Titles Citoyennes tricoteuses. English